Pics would be great but chicken wire for me is a waste of money and time since I read it isn't very predator proof. I'd rather spend a little more on hardware cloth and know my girls are safe. I'm very attached to the little fluffy butts already!! I'm going to work on my ideas this week and...
I also agree they need room in the run. Initialy I ordered 1 lav orp, 1 white cochin and 3 assorted bantams but I ended up getting 2 EE pullets at my local feed store lol. So I am either going to put all together or I might but the 4 bigger in their own run with the 4 x 5 coop and make a smaller...
I don't think I can build a pergola but I'll look into the hoop idea for sure. I did think about cattle panels but all I saw were some that were 4' x 8' :( I will check again. I know I want it about 6 - 6 1/2 feet tall. No desire to stoop when I'm in there lol but 8' seems a bit tall.
I actually...
Any ideas are welcome. I live in town but I know there are possums here and my sister who lives in same neighborhood says there are raccoons. Hopefully I can be articulate enough to explain what I wanna do. So, at first I was going to buy a chain link dog kennel and attach 1/4 to 1/2 inch...
Mine aren't in their coop yet either but I plan to put pine shavings in their nest boxes and nothing under the roosts because their is a tray that slides out to clean the poo. In the run I'm going to use about 6 inches or so of builders sand because I read it is easy to maintain and in the hot...
I noticed 3 of my babies had pasty butt so I took a shallow dish, placed a washcloth on the bottom and put just enough warm water to cover the cloth. Then I added a small amount of baby wash. I let the chick stand on the cloth as I held her with one hand and with the other I took a baby...